Texas Hill Country Rebuilds 1 Year After Floods Killed 139, With Most Families Back Home

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 8

Most flood-affected families in Texas Hill Country have returned to permanent housing a year after floods killed 139 people, with more residents moving home each month.
More than $7 million raised in one week for the Community Foundation helped fund housing, business support, mental health services and the broader rebuilding effort across Kerr County.
Nine straight months of rising local sales tax collections point to an economic rebound as businesses reopen, community spaces are restored and regular activities such as Little League resume.
Thousands of residents have also used counseling, grief support and trauma-informed care, underscoring that recovery still remains uneven for some families and far from complete.

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A year after a flood killed 139, why are families rebuilding in the same danger zones with no new protections?

New flood sirens are installed, but officials lack an activation plan. Is the community any safer than a year ago?

The flood was called preventable. Who will be held accountable for the policy failures that led to 139 deaths?